6.17.2011

Today in Arts & Culture

Annie

Host Organization:
Playhouse 2000
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Cailloux Theater
Kerrville, TX

The show is the beloved Broadway musical about a little orphan girl and her unstoppable optimism, featuring over 70 talented young amateur performers.

For more information: (830) 896-9393 ext 226 or caillouxtheater.com


Sleeping Beauty

Host Organization:
Hill Country Arts Foundation
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Hill Country Arts Foundation, Outdoor Theatre
129 Texas 39, Ingram

Action, comedy and rock 'n roll spice up this musical version of Sleeping Beauty. At Princess Briar Rose's christening, the wicked fairy, Wisteria, puts a curse on the newborn baby after realizing she wasn't invited to the party. Only a guitar-playing prince can conquer the curse, waking her with true love. Sleeping Beauty runs through June 25.

For more information and reservations: (830) 367-5121 or hcaf.com


Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Host Organization:
San Pedro Playhouse
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: San Pedro Playhouse
San Antonio, TX

Dave Yazbek "musicalized" the story first made famous by Steve Martin and Michael Caine in the movie, with the same name. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a comedy about cons in a swindle to stay in the French Riviera. The play will run through June 19.

For more information and reservations: sanpedroplayhouse.com


Anything Goes

Host Organization:
Wimberley Players - Lee Colee's Kids Theater Boot Camp
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Wimberley Playhouse
450 Old Kyle Road, Wimberley, TX 78676

Children actors will perform Anything Goes by Cole Porter. The show features a comedic acting style from the 1930's era and tap dancing. The play will run through June 26.

For more information and tickets: wimberleyplayers.org or (512) 847-0575


Red Light Winter

Host Organization: Proxy Theatre Company
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Proxy Theatre Company, Ruth Taylor Theater
One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212

Adam Rapp’s play is an intense, modern-day fable of unrequited love. The play follows the lives of two former college friends as they travel to the Netherlands and find themselves thrown into a love triangle . Red Light Winter is a play of sexual intrigue that explores the myriad and misguided ways people seek to fill the empty spaces inside. Red Light Winter contains adult themes and is intended for mature audiences only. The play runs through June 25.

For more information: (210) 999-8585 or proxytheatre.org


The San Antonio Brass: Student Ensembles

Host Organization:
San Antonio Brass
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 5 p.m.
Venue: St. Mary’s University’s Treadaway Recital Hall
One Camino Santa Maria, Culebra/NW 36th, San Antonio, TX

The concert will feature all the student like-instrument ensembles including Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Ensemble and Low Brass Ensemble. Students participating in the SA Brass Camp reflect a wide and diverse range of local area talent.

For more information: sabrass.org or (210) 861-6840


You’re Gonna Cry

Host Organization: The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the National Performance Network
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 8 p.m.
Venue: Guadalupe Theater
1301 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX

The evening features Def Poetry Jam poet and Chicano hip hop theater artist Paul S. Flores in his newest one-man show. Set in the Mission District the performance follows Flores as he portrays numerous characters including Latino bohemians, techies, and immigrants, to confront the issue of gentrification and its effect on local communities.

For more information and tickets: (210) 271-3151 or guadalupeculturalarts.org

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